The estimated probability of dizygotic twins: A comparison of two methods

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Hardin, Jill ^a,b   Selvin, Steve ^b   Carmichael, Suzan L ^a   Shaw, Gary M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood estimation; Probability of a male; Weinberg's differential rule; Zygosity estimation methodology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; WEINBERG DIFFERENTIAL RULE ZYGOSITY; ZYGOSITY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROBABILITY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 60849129153     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.1.79     Document Type: Article

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